Band 6.5 IELTS Writing Task 1 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.5 · IELTS Academic Practice Accelerator · 2026-10-07

IELTS Writing Task 1 question

The bar chart shows the typical weekday for students in three different countries.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Student answer (Band 6.5)

The bar chart illustrates the number of hour spends on activities such as sleeping, relaxing and studying by the students in the UK, Japan and Germany.

Overall, in Japan, the student spends most of their time on studying whereas in Germany and the UK, they spend almost same amount of time for all activities.

In Japan, the student spends more then half of the day on studying which is 13 hours, the highest in all countries. Japanese student sleeps for 7 hours and relax for just 4 hours a day. However, in Germany, the hours for studying is lower than in Japan by 4 hours and lowest for the UK by 5 hours.

In Germany and the UK, the student spends same amount of the time on relaxing which is 7 hours a day. The sleeping time for both the countries has just a difference of 0.5 hours, 8 hours in Germany, followed by 8.5 hours in the UK.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 7.0

You identify the main contrast accurately: Japanese students spend the most time studying (13 hours), while their sleeping and relaxing figures are lower (7 and 4 hours). You also report the UK and Germany’s shared relaxing figure and the small difference in their sleeping times. This gives the response a clear overview and relevant comparisons. However, the overview that the UK and Germany spend “almost same amount of time for all activities” is too broad: their study figures differ (8 versus 9 hours), and the chart’s most notable comparison is that studying is highest in Japan. The UK study figure is not reported, and the comparison of study hours would be clearer if all three values were stated directly.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.5

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, an overview, and two paragraphs presenting details. Information generally progresses from the broad pattern to country comparisons, and linking words such as “Overall,” “whereas,” and “However” help show relationships. This is a coherent arrangement, but cohesion is not always smooth or precise. For example, “However” introduces the Germany comparison without a strong contrast to the preceding point, and “In Germany and the UK” repeats information already partly covered in the previous paragraph. The reference to “the student” also makes it sound as though the chart describes one individual rather than typical students in each country. Grouping the figures by activity or making the country comparisons more systematically would improve progression.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use relevant task vocabulary, including “illustrates,” “activities,” “highest,” and “difference,” and the meaning is generally understandable. However, the range is limited and several word choices or collocations are noticeably inaccurate. “The number of hour spends” is not a natural way to describe the chart, while “spends most of their time on studying” and “relax for just 4 hours” use awkward forms. “More then half” also contains a spelling error and is not an accurate description of 13 hours as a share of a 24-hour day. Aim for precise chart language such as “hours spent,” “devote time to,” and “the figure for,” while varying repeated uses of “spends” and “hours.”

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 6.0

You attempt a mix of simple and more complex sentences, including a contrast with “whereas” and a comparison using “lower than.” Most of the intended meaning remains clear, but some grammatical errors persist. For example, “the number of hour spends” has problems with number, form, and sentence construction; “the student spends” does not consistently agree with the plural idea of students; and “the hours for studying is lower” has subject–verb disagreement. Articles and comparison structures are also awkward in “spend almost same amount of time” and “same amount of the time.” Review plural subjects and verb agreement, and practise forming comparisons with accurate noun phrases. More consistently controlled complex sentences would strengthen the response.

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